Delhi Declaration might downplay international finance institutions’ role in mitigating desertification

A key paragraph has been proposed for deletion in the draft declaration

Land degradation makes containing floods and droughts tough

Water erosion accounts for more than 50 per cent of total degraded area in India

Over 70% of Africa's grazing land is facing degradation due to invasive plant species

Introduced as a viable reforestation solution, Prosopis juliflora is causing land degradation in Africa and has put pastoralists at risk as …

Desertification in India: Slash-and-burn farming destroys Nagaland

Experts blame shifting cultivation for land degradation as about 20,000 hectares of forest is felled every year in the state for it

World Environment Day 2021: Why we need to restore contaminated land

Even after 21 years of waste management legislation, a majority of urban local bodies do not have an engineered landfill for disposal …

When defending environment came at a price — of life

At least 227 land and environmental defenders were killed in 2020. But the year also saw communities winning against industries and governments

Why insects are crucial for ecological balance

Several species of insects are at the brink of extinction; this can have a cascading effect on upper levels of the food pyramid and shake …

Increasing meat consumption has put intense pressure on land: UNCCD

If it is reduced, there would be a significant impact on human health and climate change mitigation

Extreme rainfall acidifies land in India's northeastern states

The vicious cycle of frequent heavy rain events degrading land, which again cause more floods and hence further degrade land, cripples …

Revered yet neglected forest patches

Sacred groves not only vary in terms of ecological distribution, but also in terms of property regime, management practice and socio-ecological …

Challenges stand in way of African agricultural transformation

Land degradation and soil erosion can play a detrimental role in limiting Africa’s agricultural transformation

Unshackling the Ganga

The Ganga Mukti Andolan is endeavouring to free a stretch of the Ganga -- and the exploited fisherfolk that derive their livelihood from it -- …

Environmental scapegoats

Are goats responsible for increasing desertification? No, say many environmentalists and researchers. In fact, this hardy animal …

Simply Put: Road to perdition

Giraffes could go extinct — the 5 biggest threats they face

There are now fewer than 70,000 mature individuals left in the wild

Despite PM Modi’s assurance, land degradation, desertification increasing

Some 29.7 per cent of India’s land is degraded, according to a new ISRO atlas

Mining for disaster

Food for thought

Groundwater sullied

NIGERIA

Livestock boom

Poor farmers can benefit from it, only if there are appropriate regulations in place

These methods can help in sustainable pasture management

Forming a pasture land development committee at the local level is necessary for the development, protection and maintenance of pastures

CoP26: How India is paving the way towards climate action

India’s adaptation efforts have been shouldered through afforestation activities, wetland management, compensatory afforestation, etc

CoP26: 24 African countries among 105 that signed ‘Glasgow declaration on land use’

Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), one of the African signatories to ‘Glasgow declaration’ lost 490,000 hectares of primary …

Around 1.3 billion people at high risk of conflict and displacement: Report

The most vulnerable countries are clustered in the Middle East and North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia